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Sunday, January 13, 2013

News and Notes: Sunday Edition

Below, news and notes for Sunday...

On Saturday in the Greek A1 League, Louis Dale (Cornell '10) finished with 11 points (3/7 FGs), 3 rebounds and 3 assists in 23 minutes, but his KAOD team fell to llysiakos, 83-80. Terrell Stoglin, a former Maryland star, had 28 for Illsiakos. Jeff Foote (Cornell '10) and his Zalgiris team of Lithuania are back in action today in the Eastern European VTB League. They face the Russian club, Triumph, which includes two former NBA vets, Tasmin Mitchell and Devin Searcy, on its roster. See more Cornell Basketball Alumni News further down below in this post.

Cornell Big Red Record: 7-9 Preseason pick: 4th Statistical leaders: Scoring Shonn Miller (10.5), Rebounds Miller (7.4), Assists Miles Asafo-Adjei (3.3) Signature win: American 68-60 Analysis: As senior forward Errick Peck works his way back into shape after missing his junior campaign with a knee injury, sophomore Shonn Miller has carried the scoring and rebounding load for the Big Red. Freshman guard Nolan Cressler has seen his role increase after scoring 20 points in 18 minutes off the bench in season-opening win over Western Michigan. Coach Bill Courtney’s comment: “We are trying to figure ourselves out after losing our two leading scorers. We struggled in the beginning of the year with turnovers and missed open shots, but I think as our guards get used to different roles they have improved as they’ve understood what we want out of them. I have seen the progress in our team over the last few weeks and that has resulted in a few more wins.”

On Friday night, Cornell recruiting commitment, David Onuorah, a 6'8" 235 lb. power forward, scored 4 points as his Marist High School team defeated Chamblee, 61-44. The Atlanta Journal Constitution recaps the game and writes, "Dave Onuorah got the Marist crowd jacked up when he rebounded his own missed mid-range jumper, went up strong and jammed it home to push the War Eagle lead to 36-30 as the third quarter ended." Onuorah's teammate, Georgia Tech signee (and Rivals.com Top 150 recruit), Quinton Stephens, added 8 points for the 7th ranked Marist squad

The Bleacher Report writes, "If there's one thing Andy Bernard is proud of, it's his alma mater, the Cornell Big Red. Jeremy Lin also attended an Ivy League school. However, his was Harvard, and he doesn't exactly try to hold it over everyone like Andy does. Other than the league their schools play in, Andy and Lin don't have much in common. That said, no other NBA superstar matches up with Andy any better than Linsanity."

Below, links to our recap sections from each of Cornell's games during the 2012-2013 season.

Cornell RPI Watch: The RPI (Rating Percentage Index) is a measure of strength of schedule and how a team does against that schedule. It does not consider the margin of victory, but only whether or not a team won and where the game was played (home/away/neutral court). The formula is 25% team winning percentage (WP), 50% opponents' average winning percentage (OWP), and 25% opponents' opponents' average winning percentage (OOWP). (See: CollegeRPI.com for a further explanation of the formula.) The RPI may be the most influential factor in NCAA Tournament seeding. Cornell's RPI rank as of January 13 is No. 225 out of 344 total Division I teams. While neither the Ken Pomeroy or the Sagarin Rankings (USA Today) are used by the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee, the KenPom.com site ranks Cornell No. 258 in the nation, while the Sagarin Rankings (USA Today) have Cornell at No. 245 Both sites are predominantly used by fans and the media.

Jon Jaques (Cornell Class of '10)-Assistant coach at Columbia University. Played for Cornell under Steve Donahue.Kevin App (Cornell Class of '07)-Assistant coach at Army. Played for Cornell under Steve Donahue.

Yanni Hufnagel (Cornell Class of '06)-Assistant coach at Harvard. Served as student-manager at Cornell under Steve Donahue.

Steve Donahue-Head coach of Boston College. Served as head coach at Cornell between 2000-2010.

Zach Spiker-Head coach of Army. He served as an assistant coach at Cornell under Steve Donahue from 2004-2009.

Joe Burke-Head coach of Skidmore College (Division III). He was an assistant coach at Cornell under Steve Donahue between 2001-2004.

Izzi Metz-Former Head coach Hobart College (Division III). He served as a Cornell assistant coach for five seasons between 2001-2006 under Steve Donahue and is currently an assistant coach and head of basketball operations at Boston College under Donahue.

Nat Graham-Associate Head Coach (assistant) at Boston College under Steve Donahue. Served as an assistant coach under Donahue at Cornell from 2005-2010.

Woody Kampmann-Assistant coach at Boston College under Steve Donahue. Served as an assistant coach under Donahue at Cornell from 2007-2010.

Ryan Woerner-Former student intern coach under Steve Donahue during the 2009-2010 season and assistant coach for Cornell's women's team during 2010-2011. Currently director of basketball operations at St. Peter's.

Steve Robinson-Assistant coach at North Carolina under Roy Williams. He was an assistant coach for Mike Dement at Cornell for two seasons, including on the 1988 Ivy League Championship team.

Paul Fortier-Assistant coach at Washington under Lorenzo Romar. He served as an assistant coach at Cornell during 2003-2005 under Steve Donahue.

Desmond Oliver-Assistant coach at Charlotte. He was an assistant coach at Cornell between 1998-2000 under Scott Thompson.

Ricky Yahn-Assistant coach at Longwood. He was an assistant coach at Cornell during 2010-2011 under Bill Courtney.

Throughout the year we provide periodic updates on Cornell's alumni playing professionally. Below, some updates:

-Jeff Aubry ('99) (Halcones Rojos, LNBP Mexico premier league/Arecibo Capitanes, BSN Puerto Rico premier league)-As of January 13, Aubry, who has been injured for most of the season, was averaging 6.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game prior to the injury for Halcones of the LNBP in Mexico, the premier league. Halcones is 32-8 and in 2nd place out of 16 teams in the league. A 6'11" center, Aubry splits his time in both the Mexican and Puerto Rican professional leagues. A well traveled pro player, Aubry spent several seasons in the NBA D League in the early part of his career with the Fayetteville Patriots and Florida Flame and earned honorable mention all NBA D League in 2002. During his more than a decade of pro experience, Aubry has also played professionally in the ABA (Miami Tropics) and abroad in Puerto Rico (Arecibo, Leones de Ponce, and Santurce, BSN Puerto Rico), Spain (Tarragona, LEB Gold Spain 2nd Division), Mexico (Halcones Rojos and Chihuahua Dorados, LNBP Mexico premier league), Poland (Slask Wroclaw, PLK Poland premier league), Argentina (Libertad Sunchales, Liga A Argentina), Uruguay (Hebraica, LUB Uruguay )and Peru (Alas Peruanas, Peru).

-Alex Tyler ('10) (Rockville Victors, Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League)-Tyler is in his rookie season with the Victors.

-Louis Dale ('10) (KAOD Dramas, Greece A1 premier league)-As of January 13, Dale is averaging 8.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game. KAOD is 4-8 and in 11th place out of 14 teams in the A1. Dale spent his first two professional seasons both in Germany's BBK Bundesliga, the country's premier league with Goettingen.